Category:Burdett Organ Company

Burdett Organ Company. PumpOrganRestorations.com.
"... Riley Burdett, formerly Burditt, had been the head of J. Estey & Co.'s Chicago branch, Estey & Burdett. / In the 1866 reorganization of the Estey company, Burdett and Silas M. Waite left and formed the Burdett Organ Co. Ltd., the first of the Chicago reed organ builders. / Building organs for Lyon & Healy, and in 1867 formed the Brattleboro Melodeon Co., (qv). ... / In 1901 the property and name were acquired by the Hobart M. Cable Co., and the piano scales were acquired by the Edna Organ Co. In 1907 Cable sold the Burdett Organ Co. to S.N. Swan & Sons, (qv). "
Burdett. AntiquePianoShop.com.
"The Burdett Organ Company was originally established as R. Burdett & Company in about 1866 after Burdett left partnership with the large and prominent Estey firm. Burdett built organs in Chicago ... until the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed their factory. ... he relocated his firm to Erie, PA and opened as The Burdett Organ Company. Burdett rebuilt his business in PA, ... The Burdett Organ Company closed in 1885 when Burdett retired and moved back to Chicago. The rights to the Burdett name were purchased by the Edna Organ Company of Monroeville, Ohio after Burdett's retirement. "

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